“Now that I’m older, I enjoy making movies more,” says Channing Tatum, who returns for the third part of Magic Mike and new movies for 2022

channing tatum never quite settled down hectic hollywood pace and that’s why he decided disappear for four yearsa long break that comes to an end this Friday with the premiere of doga film that, in addition to starring, has directed with his friend Reid Carolin.

“Taking a break is a healthy thing, especially if you work on something intensely and heavily for a long time,” the actor acknowledged in an interview in full promotion of his new movie.

Tatum, who has recognized that he moved away from the spotlight because I accepted so many papers that I didn’t even know if I was doing a good jobhas returned with charged batteries.

In a few months will bring to life the seductive stripper of Magic Mike (2012), the character that catapulted him to fame and who will star in the third film of the sagaa continuation of the plot of Magic Mike XXL (2015) which will start shooting this year.

In addition, the actor will act under the orders of Zöe Kravitz, his partner, in Pussy Island and next month will premiere the comedy adventure Lost Cityin which he shares the screen with Sandra Bullock.

But before all that, Tatum presents his directorial debut this week, doga road movies over a retired military man touring the western United States accompanied by a dog, also retired from the army, to attend a friend’s funeral.

“Now what I get older, I enjoy the experience of making movies more. Even when it’s hard. I care much less about the end result”, assured the 41-year-old actor.

Tatum and his friend Reid Carolin, screenwriter of Magic Mikethey have shot this film inspired by the last trip the actor took with his dog Lulu before he died of an incurable tumor.

“Coming back with this movie, which is an investment made with my best friend, makes me feel especially good,” he clarified.

Lulu is also the name of the dog that stars in the film, a Belgian Shepherd who worked for the US Army in Iraq and Afghanistan and who, back in the US, is being asked to be present at the funeral of the soldier who trained him.

For its part, Tatum plays Jackson Briggsa retired soldier with post-traumatic stress convinced that he will return to the ranks of the army if he fulfills the assignment of moving the dog from the north of the country, in the state of Washington, to the south, in Arizona.

During the route, the driver and the animal discover the traumas and sequels that the war has left on each oneas they face surreal situations in hotels, gas stations and the marijuana plantations of California.

I wouldn’t say it’s easy, but acting with dogs is quite predictablehis motivation for the scene is the payoff afterward,” Tatum detailed. Until they are full and they don’t want to roll anymore”.

Although to bring Lulu to life on screen, the team had three different dogseach specialized in a type of performance.

“There was not a single day, not a single scene where they gave up, and they are in the whole movie,” he said.

dogwhich premiered this Friday in the US and will reach other countries in the coming weeks, marks the beginning of a new stage in the career of an actor that he has recognized that he came to consider reject the third sequel Magic Mike by the physical demand imposed by a character who has marked his career for a decade.